Sore throat remedies

As title suggests does anyone know any safe or home remedies for sore throat. Naturally I'd reach for lemsip but read this isn't safe. Pharmacist won't give anything except paracetemol. Feel as though I'm coming down with a cold 😩

I've had a sore throat too! It's miserable!
Gargling salt water is meant to speed up recovery and did seem to make it less raw, not very pleasant taste though!
That and honey and lemon, paracetamol and drinking lots of water to flush it out.

I'd usually use the throat numbing sprays, nasal sprays, cough syrup and Sudafed for a cold when not pregnant!

There is glycerine-only cough medicine and Halls Soothers which are safe. They aren't as effective as ones with active ingredients, but Soothers really helped me when I had an on going cough all Autumn.

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